2 Samuel 18
1 David arranged his soldiers for the battle. He divided them into groups, and appointed a commander for each 100 soldiers and a commander for each 1,000 soldiers.
I prebroji David narod što bijaše s njim, i postavi im tisuænike i stotinike.
2 He sent them out in three groups. Joab commanded one group, Joab’s brother Abishai commanded a second group, and Ittai from Gath commanded the third group. David said to them, “I myself will go with you [to the battle].”
I predade David treæinu naroda Joavu, i treæinu Avisaju sinu Serujinu bratu Joavovu, i treæinu Itaju Getejinu. Pa onda reèe car narodu: i ja æu iæi s vama.
3 But his soldiers said, “No, we will not allow you to go with us. If they force us all to run away, they will not be concerned about that happening. Or if they kill half of us, that will also not be what they want. To them, [killing] you is more important than [killing] 10,000 of us. So it will be better that you [stay here] in the city and send help to us.”
Ali narod reèe: nemoj ti iæi; jer i da pobjegnemo, neæe mariti za to; ili da nas pola izgine, neæe mariti za to; jer si ti sam kao nas deset tisuæa, zato je bolje da nam iz grada pomažeš.
4 The king replied, “Okay, I will do whatever seems best to you.” So he stood at the gate [and watched] while his soldiers marched out, group by group.
A car im reèe: što vam se èini da je dobro uèiniæu. I car stade kod vrata, i sav narod izlažaše po sto i po tisuæu.
5 [While they were leaving, ] the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!” And all the troops heard it when David gave that order about Absalom to those three commanders.
I zapovjedi car Joavu i Avisaju i Itaju, i reèe: èuvajte mi dijete Avesaloma. I sav narod èu kako car zapovjedi svijem vojvodama za Avesaloma.
6 So the army went out to fight against the Israeli soldiers [who were with Absalom]. They fought the battle in the forest [where people from the tribe] of Ephraim [lived].
I tako izide narod u polje pred Izrailja, i zametnu se boj u šumi Jefremovoj.
7 David’s soldiers defeated Absalom’s soldiers. They killed 20,000 of them!
Ondje razbiše narod Izrailjev sluge Davidove, i mnogo izgibe ondje u onaj dan, dvadeset tisuæa.
8 The battle was fought {They fought the battle} all over that area, and the number of men who died because of [dangerous things in] the forest [PRS] was greater than the number of men who were killed (in the battle/by swords).
Jer se boj raširi po svoj zemlji, i više proždrije naroda u onaj dan šuma nego što proždrije maè.
9 During the battle, Absalom suddenly came near [some of] David’s soldiers. Absalom was riding on his mule; and when the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head/hair was caught in the branches. The mule kept going, but Absalom was left dangling in the air.
A Avesalom se sukobi sa slugama Davidovijem, i Avesalom jahaše na mazgi, i mazga naiðe pod granat veliki hrast, te on zape glavom za hrast i osta viseæi izmeðu neba i zemlje, a mazga ispod njega otrèa.
10 One of David’s soldiers saw what happened, and went and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Vidjevši to jedan èovjek javi Joavu, i reèe: gle, vidjeh Avesaloma gdje visi o hrastu.
11 Joab said to the man, “What? You say that you saw him hanging there, so why did you not kill him immediately [RHQ]? [If you had killed him, ] I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt!”
A Joav reèe èovjeku koji mu to kaza: gle, vidje, pa zašto ga ne ubi i ne svali ga na zemlju? Ja bih ti dao deset sikala srebra i jedan pojas.
12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if you gave me 1,000 pieces of silver, I would not have done anything to harm [IDM] the king’s son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!’
A èovjek reèe Joavu: da mi je u rukama izmjereno tisuæu sikala srebra, ne bih digao ruke svoje na sina careva; jer smo èuli kako je car zapovjedio tebi i Avisaju i Itaju govoreæi: èuvajte mi svi dijete Avesaloma.
13 If I had disobeyed the king and killed Absalom, the king would have heard about it, because the king hears about everything, and even you would not have defended me!”
Ili da sam uèinio nevjeru na svoju dušu, ništa se ne može od cara zatajiti, i ti bi sam ustao na me.
14 Joab said, “I am not going to waste time talking to you!” Then he took three spears [and went to where Absalom was], and thrust them into Absalom’s chest/heart while he was still alive, dangling from the oak tree.
A Joav reèe: neæu ja dangubiti s tobom. Pa uzev tri strijele u ruku, zastrijeli ih u srce Avesalomu, jošte živu o hrastu.
15 Then ten young men who carried weapons for Joab surrounded Absalom and [finished] killing him.
Potom opkoliše Avesaloma deset momaka, koji nošahu oružje Joavu, i biše ga i ubiše.
16 Then Joab blew his trumpet [to signal that they should not fight any more], and his soldiers returned from pursuing those Israeli soldiers.
Tada Joav zatrubi u trubu, i narod presta goniti Izrailja, jer Joav ustavi narod.
17 They took Absalom’s body and threw it into a huge pit in the forest, and covered it with a huge pile of stones. Then all the remaining Israeli soldiers [who had been with Absalom] fled to their own towns.
I uzeše Avesaloma i baciše u šumi u veliku jamu, i nabacaše na nj vrlo veliku gomilu kamenja; a Izrailjci svi pobjegoše svaki k svome šatoru.
18 Absalom had no sons to preserve his [family] name. So, while Absalom was alive, he built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley [near Jerusalem, in order that people would remember him]. He put his name on the monument, and people still call it Absalom’s monument.
Avesalom pak bješe podigao sebi spomenik za života u dolini carskoj; jer govoraše: nemam sina, da se saèuva spomen imenu mojemu. I nazva onaj spomenik svojim imenom, koji se zove mjesto Avesalomovo do današnjega dana.
19 [After Absalom had been killed, ] Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said to Joab, “Allow me to run to the king to tell him the good news that Yahweh has rescued him from the power of his enemies!”
Tada reèe Ahimas sin Sadokov: da otrèim da odnesem glas caru, da ga je Gospod izbavio iz ruku neprijatelja njegovijeh.
20 But Joab said to him, “No, I will not allow you to take news to the king today. Some other day I will allow you to take some news, but not today. [If you took news today it would not be good news for the king, ] because his son is dead.”
A Joav mu reèe: nemoj danas biti glasnik, nego æeš javiti drugi dan; a danas nemoj nositi glasa, jer je sin carev poginuo.
21 Then Joab said to David’s servant who was from Ethiopia, “You go and tell the king what you have seen.” So the man from Ethiopia bowed in front of Joab, and started to run.
Zatijem reèe Joav Husiju: idi, javi caru što si vidio. I pokloni se Husije Joavu, i otrèa.
22 Then Ahimaaz said again to Joab, “Even though [that man from Ethiopia is running], allow me to run behind him.” Joab replied, “My boy/son, why do you want to do that? You will not receive any reward for your news!”
A Ahimas sin Sadokov opet reèe Joavu: što mu drago, da trèim i ja za Husijem. Reèe Joav: što bi trèao, sine, kad nemaš dobra glasa?
23 But Ahimaaz replied, “That does not matter, I want to go.” So Joab said, “Okay, go.” So Ahimaaz ran along [another] road through the Jordan Valley and arrived [where David was] before the man from Ethiopia arrived.
Opet reèe: što mu drago, da trèim. Odgovori mu: a ti trèi. I otrèa Ahimas preèim putem, i preteèe Husija.
24 David was sitting between the outer gate and the inner gate [of the city]. The watchman/lookout went up on top of the city wall and stood on the roof over the gates. He looked out and saw one man running alone.
A David sjeðaše meðu dvojim vratima, i stražar izide na krov od vrata, na zid, i podigavši oèi svoje ugleda, a to jedan èovjek trèi.
25 The watchman called down and reported it to the king. The king said, “If he is alone, [that indicates/means that] he is bringing [good] news.” The man who was running continued to come closer.
Pa povika stražar i javi caru. A car reèe: ako je jedan, glas nosi. I onaj iðaše sve bliže.
26 Then the watchman saw another man running. So he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look! There is another man running!” And the king said, “He also is bringing [some good] news.”
Potom ugleda stražar drugoga èovjeka gdje trèi. I povika stražar k vrataru i reèe: evo još jedan, trèi sam. A car reèe: i on nosi glas.
27 The watchman said, “I think the first man [must be Ahimaaz, because he] is running like Ahimaaz runs.” The king said, “He is a good man, and [I am sure] he is coming with good news.”
I reèe stražar: trk prvoga èini mi se kao da je trk Ahimasa sina Sadokova. Reèe car: dobar je èovjek, i ide s dobrijem glasom.
28 [When] Ahimaaz [reached the king, he] called out “I hope/desire that things will go well with you!” Then he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king and said, “Your Majesty, praise Yahweh our God, who has rescued you from the men who were rebelling against you!”
Tada povika Ahimas i reèe caru: sretno! I pokloni se caru licem do zemlje, i reèe: da je blagosloven Gospod Bog tvoj, koji predade ljude koji podigoše ruke svoje na cara gospodara mojega.
29 The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” Ahimaaz [did not want to answer that question, so he] replied, “When Joab sent me, I saw that there was a lot of confusion, but I do not know what it was about.”
A car mu reèe: je li zdravo dijete Avesalom? Odgovori Ahimas: vidio sam veliku vrevu, kad Joav posla slugu careva i mene slugu tvojega, ali ne znam šta bješe.
30 Then the king said, “Stand aside.” So Ahimaaz stepped aside and stood there.
A car mu reèe: ukloni se, i stani tamo. I on se ukloni, i stade.
31 Suddenly the man from Ethiopia arrived, and said, “Your Majesty, I have good news for you! Yahweh has enabled your soldiers to defeat all those who rebelled against you!”
Tada, gle, doðe Husije i reèe: glas caru i gospodaru mojemu da te je Gospod izbavio danas iz ruku svijeh koji ustaše na te.
32 The king said to him, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” And the man from Ethiopia replied, “Sir, I wish/desire that what happened to him would happen to all of your enemies and to all those who rebel against you!”
A car reèe Husiju: je li zdravo dijete Avesalom? A Husije reèe: neka neprijatelji gospodara mojega cara i koji god ustaju na te zla radi, neka proðu kao to dijete.
33 The king [realized that he meant that Absalom was dead, so he] became (extremely distressed/overcome with grief), and he went up to the room above the gateway and cried. While he was going up, he kept crying out, “O, my son Absalom! My son! O, my son Absalom, I desire/wish that I had died instead of you!”
Tada se car sneveseli, i pope se u gornju klijet nad vratima, i stade plakati, a iduæi govoraše: sine moj Avesalome, sine moj, sine moj Avesalome! kamo da sam ja umro mjesto tebe! Avesalome sine moj, sine moj!
